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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-09
John Morley and Jacob Bright Discuss
the Irish Question in the Commons.
How Bismarck Utilizes Religion in Political
Campaign-Resignatio Of the Italian
Ministry-Riotous Scottish Strikers.
SOCIALIST DEMONSTRATIONS.

They Assemble in Large Numbers, Loot q
Few Stories and Are Easily Dispersed.
LONDON. Feb. 8.-Ten thousand Socialists met
in Clerkenwell this evening, and subsequently
marched in procession. in defiance of the govern
ment prohibition promulgated yesterday. Hun
dreds of mounted police were on the spot, but
their presence did not prevent the speakers from
giving utterance to most incendiary speeches
An attempt On the part of the Socialists was
made to light torches, preparatory to forming
procession, but the police interfered and the mob
dispersed, breaking into three parties and taking
three different routes. This piece of strategy
rendered the force of police the aground
wholly inadequate to control the entire number
of Socialists, compelling the former also to divide
itself into three parties. The Socialist contin-
gent which marched in the direction of the city
armed themselves with pieces of granite, which
were lying loose in the street, where they were
needed to repair the pavement, and began smash
ing the windows of shops and houses en- route
The crowd attempted to loot butcher shop, but
were met at the door by the owner, who
empted revolver into the mob, driving them
away. but doing nobody injury. The rioters
were met at Newgate by a strong force of police
monstrative of the mob were arrested The
sections of the original mob which started west
from Clerkenwell sustained a gradual depletion
of numbers before any damage was done and
disappeared, thanks to the extremely cold wealth
er and the absence of organization or leadership
in the ranks
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UNFOUNDED WAR TALK.
The Annual Report on the Condition of the
Miiitia-No Danger of War.

The ANNUAL Report on the Condition of the
Miiitia-No Danger of War.
Special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.
WAsHINGToN Feb. 8-A great deal of un-
necessary and upfounded war talk has been in
dulged in during the past week by the publica-
tion of abstracts from report of the AdJutant-
general Of the army on the condition of the
State militia throughout the country. The
mere fact that a report on this branch of, or
auxiliary to, the army should go to Congress at
essary. in the light of the agitation of possible
brush with Canada, 70 provoke much talk of an
imminent difficulty. The fact is that there is
less likelihood of trouble row with Great Brit
ain, or any other country than for quarter of
a century. This report the condition of the
militia, showing that there are organized and
ready for service nearly eight millions of men,
is sent to every Congress by statutory provision,
and has never attracted any attention before.
It has been considered but dusty paragraph
for the press associations. and has never risen
to the dignity of attracting attention or COM
ment from the special correspondents just at
this time, however, anything which be dis
torted into subject of war comment is grasped
at like fish take fly. The public should under
stand this condition of affairs here, and take the
statements they see about preparations for war
with the grain of allowance that they deserve
It is the belief OF the men in Congress and the
departments that, since the United States have
shown disposition to strike back. and demon
strated willingness to prepare to fight, that
we will have peace with, and fairness at the
hands of all nations In the event get some
gun boats and Notifications, can, it is be-
lleved, command respect in all quarters of the
globe; but there are many nations which will
expectorate at us till we able to resent the
insult
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A Bold, Inscriptions Lobby. with Immense
Sums of Money at Its Command. Actively
at Work Among the congressman.
Baseless War Talk Caused by the Re-
port on the Condition of the Militia.
Evidence Showing the Sort of Man the Sue
cessor of Fred Douglass Is-Correspond-
ence Relating to the Fisheries Dispute.
THE MORMON LOBBY.
Bold and Unscrupulous Efforts to Avert Un-
favorable Legislation.

Bold and Unscrupulous Efforts to Avert Un-
favorable Legislation.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8-Undoubtedly the Nor
mons have spent great deal of money to defeat
the ultimate passage of the bill now pending be-
fore Congress, and which uproots the very foun-
dation of their church. There has been and is
now the most bold and INSCRIPTIONS lobby en-
ployed that could be secured. and it has gone
right in on the floors of both houses and even in
truded on the privacy of the conference COM
mittee considering the compromise meas
ure. Il is asserted openly that the Mormons
have number of members and Senators at
work for them, and that every man who can
reach Senator or member has been employed,
if possible. The Mormons have vast amount
of money at their disposal. and great deal more
of real estate All this will go to the winds if
this bill goes into law, which it will do unless
this ''infiuence" is overpowering. which threat
ems to be the case. At any time during the day
and it has been true for months-one could
see these lobbyists, in the outof-the- way cram
MES of the Capitol, talking to members and Sen
ators. They have shown zeal which indicates
that their pay must be large and contingent
upon final success. This measure has had more
money in its opposition than all bills which have
been before the Forty-ninth Congress, not ex-
cepting the many measures affecting corpora
| tions. The Mormon Church, however, may be
rightsully termed corporation-and' more, il
may be called a monopoly. 1t has corner
| on the souls of hundreds of thousands of people
| in the Territories, and it looks as though they
| were determined to close out the DEAL Legisla
tors who either oppose this measure openly oil
assist in deferring or delaying it on the quiet
will be held responsible for what they do, and
will rest under the ban of suspicion OF being
/ bought.
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THE IRISH QUESTION.
John Morley and Jacob Bright Discuss the
Parnell Amendment.

John Morley and Jacob Bright Discuss the
Parnell Amendment.
LONDON Feb. SIN the House of Commons
John Morley resumed the debate on Mr. Parnelps
amendment to the address in reply to the Queens
speech. Mr. Morley said he agreed with that
part of the amendment which affirmed that 4
remedy for the existing crisis II, .faia sses
to be found in such reform of the law and sys-
tenn of government as would satisfy the needs
and secure the confidence Of the Irish people
There was, in fact no remedy short Of granting
Irish self government. The amendment of
fered by Mr.. Parnell pointed out the
only possible policy for the proper
government of Ireland. The remedy advocated
by Lord Harrington in his recent address at
Newcastle amounted simply to migration and
emigration. 1t would be impossible to effect
either of these without regard to the wishes of
the people. No government could achieve any
thing by policy based on emigration, for sue
cessful emigration depended largely on the con-
dition of the labor market Concerning the
question of land purchase. Mr.. Morley asked
what better terms were offered for the tenant
| than those proposed in the Ashbourne act which
though good in itself, was utterly insufficient foI
the just demands of the Homerulers.
| Jacob Bright (Liberal) said it was no discred
W Iheiauu IL sue Iaileu 10 govern ireland Inc
| dscredit was in refusing to abandon an impossi
| BILE task. The attempt to govern by force had
| failed in America and in Canada, and would fail
| in Ireland Ireland must be treated the same
as Canada. The relations between landlord and
| tenant in Ireland are far greater scandal than
| was the "Plan of Campaign" He would be sur
prised if the Irish leaders had not adopted some
| such method.
Mr. Gibson, Solicitor general for Ireland in
| defending the governments action at Sligo, said
it was the duty of the crown to insure the selec
ton of jurors of independent mind The GLAD
stone administration pursued the same course
and it was fact that alleged packed iuries had
in many cases, given verdicts of acquittal
j. p OConnor, Nationalist, called attention tc
the fact that the government has frankly ad
mitted the charge of jury packing He said
| Dillon would doubtless be tried and convicted
by packed jury He felt compelled to de-
nounce such q state of things as a foul, dis
| honest administration of law
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THE WHITE RIVER WRECK.
Testimony of Trainmen and Others Touching
the Accident of Friday Night Last.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT. Feb. 8-The in
vestigaton of the railroad disaster of Saturday
continued to-day. Baggage master Cole,
employed on the train which went down, said
that the frs. intimaton of the trouble was at
the end of the bridge where there was sharp
shock. His thery is that the first passenger car
was off the track before reaching the bridge,
but, because of the frozen ground, ran smoothly
until the bridge was reached, where from the
dropping of the passenger on to the bridge, it
depressed the couplers of that, letting them
apart; then all the following cars ran on to the
bridge off the track.
George Parker, the brakeman, who jumped
from the train just before it reached the bridge.
was the next witness. He testified that the
train was going at the rate Of seven or eight
miles an hour at the time and gave in evidence
the substance Of his previous statements regard
ing his ride to the Junction, and arousing the
people on the way. He did not return to the
wreck until yesterday. He suffered from cold
on the wy, and was severely bruised BY the ac-
cident lie rendered seeing the fire fly from
the wheels, rails and spikes as the cars passed
him. He could not say whether all the trucks
of his car were off the track or not when he
jumped. He the ones were, for
he on the end over them. He noticed when
| the engineer applied the air-brakes, and thought
| they were down far the crossing this side
of the bridge; did not know of the conductor ap
| plying the airbrakes; did not signal the engi
/ neer, and did not know of the conductor doing
| so. The witnesses duty would have been to pull
the bell-cord or amply the brakes. The reason
| he did not was that he was so excited. The cal
was shaking badly, going up and down He
| should think there were twenty-five or thirty
passengers in the forward car. He did not e
| through the other cars after leaving the juno
| tion except the second car He thinks the track
| was not torn up on the bridge as he walked over
| but cannot say.
David Prev, of Providence. r. l.. testified &c
| was a passenger on the train, and was in tht
| first passenger car until we reached the juno
| tion and then l went into the smoker. frs
felt the jerk while on the bridge. l reached fo
the bellcord. but pulled it the wrong way. 81
the bell did not ring. l got across the bridge
and as passed the cars l heard cries and saw
fire in the cars ! could not get down the banl
at that end, SO returned to the other end of th
bridge and rolled down the bank, but when
| reached the shore the fire had made com plet
circuit Of the and all the cries were hushed
l went to the Pine Honse. where the injured hat
begun to arrive. The bridge had caught fire il
the center and burned both ways. I cannot tel
| where the train was when l first knew of th
| trouble, and cannot tell how many second
elapsed from the time of the first alarm unit
| the train stopped The train had parte,
| when I pulled the cord and the rope was trailing
behind.n
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just Learned He Was Free.

CHARLESTON, S. c. Feb. 8.-Information of
reliable character has just been received of the
discovery Of a negro man in one of the narrow
valleys near Hog back mountain not far from
Greenvllle. who has just learned of his emanci-
patton. He is a great, broad negro. of heavy
physique and somewhat striking appearance.
His story is that since the war he has been
working for Mr.. Holly. and that he was not al
lowed to come back to mis- kinsfos; that be was
fogged by his master, who gave HIM no money
and few clothes The mans name is Calvin
Garmany. He ran off TO the mountains just
after the war, and was only recently heard OF by
his brother, who lives near Greenvills, and who
rescued him from servitude last week
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JAMES C. MATTHEW'S.
Evidence Showing the Tricky and Dishonest
Character of the Man.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 8-The action of the
Senate. yesterday, in removing the injunction
of secrecy from the papers in relation to the
nomination of James G. Matthews to be regis
ter of deeds for the District of Columbia, has
the effect of making public certain papers which
were filed with the committee on the District of
Columbia in relation to the case, the substance
of which is herewith given. letter from j. O.
Moore, of Washing gtonville, Orange county, New
York is as follows:
I'm the Matthews case some time ago, sent
correspondence showing the crooked transac-
tions of that gentleman, in which he appropri-
ated the legacy due his client, and represented
had not paid it to him, while l afterward pro-
duced my check with his Endorsement for the
money. He is scoundrel, and is only using his
black skin as stock in trade in politics l
can give you details of the transaction if you
wish though / forward the originals above
stated"
w. H. johnson, of No. 81 Maiden lane, Albany,
n Y, wrote series of letters against the con.
firmation, saying that charges Showing the bad
character of Matthews can be readily sustained
He, on two different occasions" Mr. johnson
adds, attempted to bribe me to join with him in
corrupting celored voters.H
A paper bearing the signatures of seventeen
coored Republicans of Albany protests against
"a Republican Senate voting to conf rm an
offensive ring partisan who stands repudiated by
his party and distrusted by his race and "apart
from his education, in every way unfit for pub
tic trust"
The Columbia Democratic Club and other citi-
zens OF Washington protest against the confrma-
tion because of Matthews's non-residence.
On the other hand. there are numerous petit
| tions and Endorsements of Matthews, personally
and politically. from residents of the District and
| of New York, both white and colored
A mass meeting Of colored citizens of the Dis
trct of Columbia, called to night for the purpose
of indorsing the Senates action in tho rejection
! of Matthews for Recorder of Deeds of
the District came near ending in
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-09
Riotous Strikers in Scotland.

GLASGOW, Feb 8-Striking miners at Blan-
tyre. engaged in riotous demonstrations. and
looted number of shops. The local police
were powerless, and troops had to be called out
to quell the disturbance. A number Of arrests
were made.
The rioters again assembled after being dis
persed by the military, and made an assault
on the Stonefeld prison, which they took
possession Of by storm and rescued their
comrades who were arrested this morning. They
made another attack upon shops and houses,
many of which they looted and left in wrecked
condition. Constables were injured in their
efforts TO quell the riots and defend the station
house.
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The Latest War Items.

LONDON, Feb. 8-Reports from various
sources in the southeast state that concentration
of troops in southern Russia is still going on,
ports from ST. Petersburg to the contrary not
withstanding.
A well-known London correspondent. at pres
ent stationed at Berne, has just returned to the
Swiss capital from visit to Strasbure, and
writes that tha German government is exciting
a war terror among the people for the purpose
of influencing the elections With the excep-
ton of slight reinforcement of some of the
garrisons, he says there has yet been no increase
of troops in Alsace- Lorraine.
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light was obtained. Subpenas have been sent
for witnesses in Carroll, Howard, Clinton and
Cass counties, and an effort will be made to
identify the body, if possible Mabbitt returned
home. tonight, without seeing the remains, but
will accompany his wife and daughter when
they come here on Wednesday. The post-mor-
tenn has been postponed to await their arrival.
A leading dentist tonight examined the teeth in
the skull of the unknown. and declares that
they belong to person forty or fifty years DID,
This if true upsets the theory that the remains
are those of Lou Mabbitt.
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Fight between Journalistic Brethren.

New York. Feb S-Joseph Pulitzer, pro-
prietor of the World, and Joe Howard, the we'll
known Journalist, had lively fstic set-to in the
editorial rooms of the World, this afternoon. as
the result of business disagreement Editor
Cockerill separated the combatants before auy
serious harm had been done to either. The
affair is the subject of much gossip in the local
newspaper world tonight
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Rapid Horse-shoe-Makine.

DETROIT, Mich, Feb. s.-A novel departure
from the usual form of sport was the horse shoe
turning contest in this city, tonight, between
John Campbell, of Buffalo, and Martin j. Dunn,
of this city, the one first completing loo horse
shoes taking the stakes of $3.50 Dunn came out
winner in one hour and forty seven minutes be-
ing six shoes ahead, and beating the worlds record
by nearly half an hour. 1t is understood he will
be challenged by Chicago and Milwaukee smiths.
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Jim Courtright Killed.

Fort WORTH. Tex. Feb. 8.-To- might, Luke
Short. well-known gambler of this city, shot
and killed Jim Courtright, detective, firing
creates great excitement, and it is difficult to OBJ
tain the facts the case Short makes the
statement that Courtright had demanded sal
ary from the gambling houses to let them run,
and that he had said emphatically he would not
be black-mailed He had received Information
that Courtright had made threats against him
and was, therefore, on his guard.
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Cable Notes.

Peter Rylands, Liberal Unionist, member of
Parliament for Burnley, is dead.
s'Alarechale" Booth, daughter of General
Booth, of the Salvation Army. has married
Colonel Clusborn, also an officer in the army.
1t is stated that the Abyssinians lost s. 900 men
in the battles in which the Italian forces were
defeated. near Massowah, in the Soudan, on
JAN 26 and 81.
The West London Commercial Bank (limited
has failed Its doors were not opened yester-
day. The concern did small business, consist
ing,mostly of loans to small tradesmen.
Advices from Tonga, one of the Friendly ISL
ands says that a missionary named Baker has
been captured by natives in ambush. The mis-
sionary's family escaped. A rising of the ma
tives is threatened. The missions are protected
by British troops.
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Socialist Meeting Dispersed by Troops.

BERLIN. Feb. S-The police attempted to dis
perse Socialist meeting, which was held in
book brewery, at Stettin, last evening, but
failed. A force of military was then summoned,
and with fixed bayonets drove the people from
the hail. Several of the people were wounded
by bayonet thrusts and one man is reported to
have been killed. The hall in which the meet
ns was held was completely wrecked. At Magd-
eburg Yesterday, twenty four Socialists We're
arraigned on a charge of belonging to an illegal
society.
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Bullet Fired Into a aliway Train.

CINcINNATI, Feb 8-As Cincinnati, Hamil :
ton & Indianapolis train was about crossing the
State line from Indiana into Ohio, yesterday, a
bullet, fired by some unknown person, came
crashing through the window of passengercar,
passing closely in front of the head of Mr.. "A p
Mitchell, of the firm of Vallete & Mitchell. New
York city, and burying itself in the woodwork of
the other side of the car No clew to the mis-
creant who fred the shot has been found.
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. row. No sooner had the meeting
been called than fierce wranele took plaes
between Perry Carson and Calvin Chase, lead.
ers Of the rival factions of negroes Of the Dis
trict Chase offered resolutions requesting
the restoration of suffrage in the District,
but Carson, who was in the chair, refused
to recognize him. and after a war of words the
police quieted the meeting and Carson declared
adopted get of resolutions previously submit
ted. indorsing the action of the Senate in tho
Matthews case
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GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.

The italian Ministry Resigns Because of
Fears of a Possible Defeat.
ROME Feb. 8.-Prme Minister Depretis an
nounced to the Chamber of Deputies, this after
noon, that the entire Cabinet had resigned.
Deprets accompanied the announcement with a
statement that King Humhert would accept the
designations, but pending the appointment of
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Wheel Manufacturers.

PITTsBURG, Feb. 9.-The American Wheel
Manufacturers Association is in session here to-
day forty delegates, representing So per cent. of
the manufacturers of all kinds of wheels in the
United States, being present. The association
was formed for the purpose of improving trade
and establishing uniform prices.
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SenatOrial.

CHARLESTON, W. Va, Feb. Sat the session
Of the joint Assembly this morning there were
seventy eight members present. Necessary to a
choice. 40: The vote was: Duval, Rep. 81;
Camden. DEM, 33 Harris. DEM. II; j. T. Jan
ney Greenbecker g. johnson, l.
TRENTON, N j., Feb S.-Tho Democratic
joint meeting was called to order at noon to-day,
Senator Livingston, of Union, presiding. A
ballot for United States Senator resulted as fol-
lows: Albeit 80: Redle l.
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successors all would continue to perform the
duties OF their departments. The Ministers re-
signed, Depretis explained, because of their
doubtful position in Parliament. He requested
the Deputies to proceed with the discussion OF
the budget as the necessities Of the country re-
quired prompt consideration.
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A Big Deal Pending.

NEW York, Feb. Sit is reported that nego-
tiations are pending between the Adams Express
Company and the Baltimore & Ohio railroad by
which the Adams may acquire control of the
Baltimore & Ohio express business No details
can, as yet, be obtained.
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FOR THE OTHER SON

The other son-the son of his father-may not
be so hot this but the chances that he
smokes nevertheless.
We have few Smoking Jackets and Double
Gowns. or Dressing Gowns. Not very large in
number, the assortment is quite varied. You
select from it now at greatly reduced rates.
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No one who knows the value of ANGosTURA
BITTERs as the best appetizer and invigorator
of the digestive organs should fail to recommend
it's use.
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To create an appetite, and give tone to the di-
gestive apparatus, Ayers Sarsaparilla is une-
aualej.